The foundation for the company was laid by three young entrepreneurs, Feyyaz Berker, Nihat Gokyigit and Necati Akcaglılar when they came together in 1956 to realize their ideals. The three co-founders first met at the Ministry of Public Works, where they were employed upon returning from civil engineering studies in America. Two of the partners, and later the third one, left their state offices and teamed up in order to found Tekfen. Tekfen's 50 year history, starting in a ramshackle laboratory and evolving into an enterprise with a billion dollar turnover, is a true story of success.
The first seed of Tekfen Holding was planted when Feyyaz Berker and Ali Nihat Gokyigit started an engineering and consultancy firm by the name of "Feyyaz-Nihat Consultant Engineering" (FN), established at a time when engineering was growing in importance and when there was a rapid increase in construction activities in the country due to Turkey's joining NATO. With limited capital and resources, they set up a laboratory to provide services in consultancy, engineering and control. In this laboratory, material testing and soil analysis for contractors was performed, consultancy services on topics such as the evaluation of sand and gravel mines were provided, ground studies were performed, and quality control was carried out.
